Well, the WWE has finally done it. With the inclusion of Grenier and Dupree, they've pretty much become the only Wrestling Federation to include at least one wrestler from every major country. I've compiled a list of which international wrestlers have been in the WWE.
NOTE: For the sake of keeping this list short, I'm only listing the PRIME EXAMPLES in this category.
USA: Kurt Angle, Lex Luger, and, um... "Mr. America"
Canada: Lance Storm, Bret Hart, Chris Benoit
Mexico: Los Guerreros, Essa Rios
South America: Um... Giant Gonzales?
United Kingdom: William Regal
Germany: ?
France: Sylvan Grenier, Rene Dupree
Italy: The FBI
Finland: Ludvig Borga
Russia: Nikolai Volkov
Africa: Kamala, Akeem(?)
The Middle East: The Iron Sheik
China: ?
Japan: Tajiri, Funaki, TAKA Michinoku
Australia: Nathan Jones
The Islands: Rikishi, Jimmy Snuka, Jamal & Rosey
And there you have it. If I'm missing any, feel free to let me know.
Out of curiousity, when did South America and Africa become countries?
edit: And I believe Andre the Giant from Grenoble, France covered French participation a few decades ago.
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Are you sure the FBI are actually from Italy?...i thought they were just italian guys...im irish but i wouldnt be counted as "from Ireland" since i was born in america
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Saying that somebody is French doesn't mean they're necessarily from France. Both Grenier and Dupree are from Quebec, Canada. They are French-speaking Canadians.
Wasn't Bruno Sammartino foreign or did he just talk funny? And was Bobo Brazil actually from Brazil?
You also forgot the Bushwackers who I believe were from New Zealand.
And lastly, Jeff Hardy from Imag-i-nation!
Bruno was Italian. Not sure if Bobo was actually from Brazil. I don't think The Iron Sheik is actually from Iran either. I remember hearing way back that he was actually some Italian guy from NY.
I thought Nord was from "Norwegia", but I could be getting my bad Verne Gagne ideas mixed up. And lastly, how could we all forget a true hotbed of wrestlers throughout the years...Parts Unknown?
Edit: I also forgot Hack Myers who was from "The Last House On The Left"
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Giant Gonzalez/El Gigante is from Argentina I think. Alex Wright (Berlyn) - Germany. [edit] Kamala was supposed to be from Uganda wasn't he? I'm pretty sure Akkem isn't from Africa, that was just a joke.
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